I could use some help from those who have experienced this problem! My Kawaii snap pockets have been less and less absorbent than they were at first. It's to the point now that whenever my son wears one (he is partly potty trained so only wears them at naptimes, usually), they leak out and wet his pants . Is there anything I can do to help them? I have never stripped my pocket diapers. Is that what they need?

Our wash routine: Heavy cold wash with borax or baking soda and natural oxygen bleach. Heavy hot wash and sometimes soak with detergent. Rinse twice on cold, second time with a small amount of white vinegar. I often line or rack dry vs using the dryer, though we do both.

stefanielynn wrote:Definitely sounds like you need to do a stripping! I do my cold rinse and hot wash with detergent, then do an additional hot wash with a couple of squirts of Dawn and then rinse, rinse, rinse.

Thanks! I thought that was the problem. Now I just have to get around to doing it. DS isn't in diapers full time anymore, so I haven't been washing my cloth as thoroughly as I should. Is there any special dish detergent I should use, or does it matter?

You should be able to use your regular detergent since it's been working for you this long. Rockin Green does make a stripping detergent, but I've never tried it. I just stripped my diapers yesterday (I have to do it fairly often due to our awful water!) with plain ol' Tide and Dawn.